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Encyclopedia of Native American Artists
Encyclopedia featuring the work and lives of over 70 Indigenous artists and crafters specializing in sculpture, painting, photography, weaving, basketry, and pottery.
Subjects: Indigenous art, Indigenous artists, Indigenous peoples, Painting, Photographs, Sculpture
- Type of access
- Printed document
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Encyclopedia of North American Indians
Encyclopedia featuring articles by 260 specialists on the tribes, main languages, key figures, historic events, and other topics related to North American Indigenous Peoples.
Subjects: History, Indigenous languages, Indigenous peoples
- Type of access
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Encyclopedia of the Arctic
A three-volume set of essays on the Arctic’s environment, climate, peoples, ecology, wildlife, history, economics, and politics.
Subjects: Animals, Climate change, Ecology, Economy, Environment, History, Indigenous peoples, Politics
- Type of access
- Printed document
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
English-Innu dictionary/Innu-English dictionnary
A two-volume dictionary set of the Innu language, featuring dialects spoken in Quebec and Labrador.
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Innu, Innu dialects, Innu dictionary, Innu language, Innu-aimun
- Type of access
- Printed document
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Environmental Law, Sustainable Development and Food Security in Nunavik
Chapter dealing with environmental laws related to sustainable development in Nunavik. (Paule Halley et Marie-Josée Verrault, chapitre 10 de Sustainable Food Security in the Arctic, State of Knowledge, Québec/Edmonton, GÉTIC Université Laval/Canadian Circumpolar Institute University of Alberta, 2002, p. 177-188.)
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Law, Sustainable development, Northern Quebec, Nunavik
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Ethical principles for the conduct or research in the north (Association universitaire canadienne d’études nordiques)
A statement of ethical principles that reflects the needs and concerns of northern communities and researchers.
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Research ethics, Research, Research with Indigenous peoples, Research by Indigenous peoples
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
First Nation Profile Interactive Map (Gouvernement du Canada)
Map of Indigenous communities in Canada, with access to information about them.
Subjects: Band councils, Indigenous peoples, Maps, Reserves
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
First Nation Profiles (Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada)
Profiles of Canada’s First Nations containing general information on reserves, governance, federal funding, geography, population statistics, etc.
Subjects: Demography, Indigenous affairs, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Reserves
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
First Nations Food, Nutrition, and Environment Study
A Canadian scope study on the benefits and risks of food and water in First Nations communities.
Subjects: Environmental health, Food security, Indigenous peoples, Water, Nutrition
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Health Sciences
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador sustainable development strategy
Report addressing the issues (culture, languages, natural resources, economic development, governance) related to the issue of sustainable development among the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador. (Catherine Johnson et Suzy Basile, First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Sustainable Development Institute, 2006, 29 p.)
Subjects: Indigenous authors, Indigenous peoples, Labrador, Sustainable development, Northern Quebec
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Forme et sens des mots du Tunumiisut. Lexique inuit du Groenland oriental: Lexique tunumiisut-anglais-danois
Trilingual dictionary of the Tunumiisut dialect of Inuktitut (also known as Ammassalik).
Subjects: Greenland, Indigenous peoples, Inuit, Inuktitut dialects, Inuktitut Dictionary, Inuktitut language, Tunumiisut lexicon, Tunumiisut
- Type of access
- Printed document
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Frontier Life: Borderlands, Settlement & Colonial Encounters
Printed books, government, legal and commercial documents, newspapers and magazines, maps, photographs, etc., dealing with the theme of the borderlands and colonization during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Includes 18 archival collections from the United States and Canada, including the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives (Archives of Manitoba) and thematic guides on First Nations, exploration, expeditions and travel.
Subjects: Borders, Colonialism, Exploration, Hudson’s Bay Company, Indigenous peoples, Primary Sources
- Type of access
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
GEOBASE
Database featuring over 3 million references to journal articles and geoscience conference proceedings, including those in the fields of geography, earth sciences, ecology, geology, oceanography, and nature conservation. Boasts a rich controlled vocabulary accessible via a thesaurus that allows users to search by geographic region of the North and the Arctic. Also includes significant content on Indigenous studies.
Subjects: Conservation, Earth sciences, Ecology, Environmental sciences, Indigenous peoples
- Type of access
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Handbook of the politics of the Arctic
A reference work devoted to contemporary geopolitical issues related to climate change, Indigenous Peoples, energy, borders, marine resources, and pollution.
Subjects: Borders, Climate change, Energy, geopolitics, Indigenous peoples
- Type of access
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Hidden in plain sight: contributions of Aboriginal peoples to Canadian identity and culture
This book offers an Indigenous perspective to Canadian and Aboriginal history, demonstrating the significant contributions Indigenous peoples have made and are making to the development of Canadian identity, politics, education, and culture, etc. (David Newhouse, Cora Voyageur, Daniel Beavon eds., Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2005, 491 p.)
Subjects: Decolonization, Indigenous peoples
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
High North Research Documents
Freely available articles, theses, reports, books, maps, videos, and other documents dealing with the North and the Far North.
Subjects: Caribou, Climate change, Ice, Indigenous peoples, Inuit, Oceanography, Permafrost, Sami, Tundra
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Engineering and Technology
- Health Sciences
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Historical dictionary of the Inuit
A dictionary with over 450 articles on the social, political, economic, educational, and environmental history of the Inuit in the Circumpolar North.
Subjects: History, Indigenous peoples, Inuit
- Type of access
- Printed document
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Ililîmôwasinahikan : Ililîmowin – Wemištikôšmowin = A dictionary of Moose Cree : Cree – English
Dictionary of the Moose Cree dialect spoken by the Cree in Moose Factory, Ontario, south of Hudson Bay.
Subjects: Cree, Cree dialects, Cree dictionary, Hudson Bay, Indigenous peoples, Moose Cree
- Type of access
- Printed document
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Images du Nord et de l’Arctique
Photographs and postcards of the Université Laval library, representing First Nations and Inuit, settlers, missionaries, explorers and landscapes from Canada’s Arctic and Northern Quebec. Includes photographs of the Judicial Expedition in 1923 at Pond Inlet (Baffin Island), with Captain Bernier.
Subjects: Canadian arctic, Indigenous peoples, Joseph-Elzéar Bernier, Postcards, Missionaries, Northern Quebec, Photographs
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
In the Way of Development : Indigenous Peoples, Life Projects and Globalization
Indigenous reflections and strategies on globalization and sustainable development. (Mario Blaser, Harvey A. Feit, et Glenn McRae [éd.], Zed, IDRC, 2004, 384 p.)
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Sustainable development
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences